Lane Gaddy, CEO of W. Silver, talks about what it's like to work in the El Paso, Texas, community and where he sees the nonferrous sector of the recycling industry headed in the next few years.

Zach Mallin, vice president of Mallin Companies, about his opportunities to work for his family's recycling business the past five years.

Matt Bedingfield, chief commercial and strategy officer at Louisville, Kentucky-based Tri-Arrows Aluminum Inc., shares about his opportunities to work in aluminum and recycling industry the past nine years.

Zach Matthews, who is a national accounts manager at Indianapolis-based Versatile Processing Group, discusses why he joined the recycling industry and what he sees as opportunities for the industry.

Richard Wallace, who is in charge of corporate development at Huron Valley Steel Corporation, shares what got him into the recycling industry and what he sees as opportunities for the industry.

Mark Ceresa, district general manager at Waste Connections, shares what got him into the recycling industry and what he sees as opportunities for the industry.

Sam Shine, director of business development at Utility Recyclers International, shares what got him into the recycling industry and what he sees as opportunities for the industry.

In the second half of a two-part interview, Neal Weisenburger with Wells Fargo discusses steps recyclers should take to ensure payment for export shipments. Weisenburger will speak at the 2014 Paper & Plastics Recycling Conference in October. Visit www.RecyclingTodayEvents.com for more information.

Closed Loop Fund founder and CEO Ron Gonen, one of the keynote speakers at the 2014 Paper & Plastics Recycling Conference, talks about the role Wal-Mart and the Closed Loop Fund will have in improving recycling efforts. The Paper & Plastics Recycling Conference is Oct. 8-10, 2014, in Chicago at the Marriott Chicago Downtown Magnificent Mile. Learn more at www.RecyclingTodayEvents.com.

Silverio Colalancia of Novelis North America discusses his company's efforts to increase recycled content in its products during a workshop at the Paper Recycling Conference 2012 in Chicago.